| Date: | Monday 3 February 1969 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Carolina Aircraft Corp. |
| Registration: | N5133B |
| MSN: | 26988 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Manaus, AM -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San Andrés Island Airport (ADZ/SKSP) |
| Manaus/Ponta Pelada Airport, AM (PLL/SBMN) |
The C-46 ditched in the Rio Negro river following fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Folha de São Paulo 5 February 1969, p6
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